Kaja Kallas
 Kaja Kallas      (politician) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 June 1977 Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Estonian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Tartu, Estonian Business School | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parents | Siim Kallas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | European Council on Foreign Relations, Friends of Europe/Young European Leaders/2017, Open Society Foundations/Reliable allies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Eduard Alver | ||||||||||||||||||
Estonian politician
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Kaja Kallas is an Estonian politician who was prime minister of Estonia since 2021.[1]
She was a member of George Soros' European Council on Foreign Relations, was selected a Young European Leader by the lobby group Friends of Europe in 2017, and was categorized as a "reliable ally" by the Open Society Foundations when she sat in the European Parliament. She has been mooted as a possible Secretary-General of NATO.[2]
Early life and education
Kaja Kallas was born in Tallinn on 18 June 1977.[3] She is the daughter of Siim Kallas, who was the 14th prime minister of Estonia and later a European Commissioner.[4] During the Soviet deportations from Estonia, her mother Kristi, six months old at the time, was deported to Siberia with her mother and grandmother in a cattle car and lived there until she was ten years old.[5] Kallas's great-grandfather was Eduard Alver, Commander of the Estonian Defence League (Kaitseliit) during the Estonian War of Independence, and the first chief of the Estonian Police from 1918 to 24 May 1919.[5][6]
Kallas graduated from the University of Tartu in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in law. She lived in France and Finland briefly while training in European law.[7] From 2007, she attended the Estonian Business School, getting an EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration) in economics in 2010.[8]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Munich Security Conference/2022 | 18 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | Germany Munich Bavaria | |
| Munich Security Conference/2023 | 17 February 2023 | 19 February 2023 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere. |
| Munich Security Conference/2024 | 16 February 2024 | 18 February 2024 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044314/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124697/KAJA_KALLAS/history/8
- ↑ https://estonianworld.com/security/nyt-estonias-kaja-kallas-a-strong-contender-to-be-the-next-nato-chief/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044314/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124697/KAJA_KALLAS/history/8
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080827/http://fortune.com/2019/03/04/estonia-election-results-kaja-kallas/
- ↑ a b Even further from Russia: what is known about the new head of the Estonian government, Europeeska Pravda, 26 January 2021
- ↑ Eesti Ekspress. Siim Kallas: "'Minu vanaema oli lätlane? Väga huvitav!"'. (in Estonian). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ↑ https://estonianworld.com/opinion/estonian-candidates-european-parliament-kaja-kallas/
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaja-kallas-b8b52380
